Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

droff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: droff
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

adj

Sorrowful, disturbed.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"wading through deep, droff waters"
"a droff soul, a heavy heart and a troubled mind"
"And my soul swith mickle droff isǃ"

Etymology

From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”). Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: drof, drōf

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

droffer (comparative) droffest (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

drubly trub

Questions

What does droff mean?: Turbid.
Where does droff come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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